Rockies owner: Reyes 'should pay' if he did wrong

DENVER - Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort said Friday that he's unsure whether the public relations aspect or a possible fan backlash would play a part in any future decisions he'd make on suspended shortstop Jose Reyes, ''but if he did something wrong, he should pay for it.''

Monfort said he spoke with Commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday but wasn't given a timetable for a decision on discipline on Reyes, who was suspended with pay under the sport's new domestic abuse policy just before the start of spring training.

"I think what they want to do is be fair," Monfort said. "I'd like to know exactly what happened."

The Rockies owner refused to say what the club will do once their shortstop is reinstated.

"We're paying him. So I really don't know how to answer that other than we'll deal with it," Monfort said. "We knew when we made the trade, the only reason Toronto gave up those three pitchers was because we took an equal salary back from them. We knew that going in. We knew that was what we were going to deal with.

"Now, because of the incidents that happened, it makes it a little more difficult. But we're going to work our way through it."

Reyes was scheduled to go on trial last Monday after pleading not guilty to abusing a family or household member, a charge that stemmed from an Oct. 31 incident with his wife at a Maui resort hotel.

However, prosecutors decided to drop the charge after saying Reyes' wife wasn't cooperating with the investigation.